For Roulaison Distilling owners, Andrew Lohfeld and Patrick Hernandez, this is when the fun begins. After many months of securing permits, setting up the distillery and planning, Lohfeld and Hernandez are finally making rum. It won’t be long before Roulaison Rum will be available for purchase. more…

It’s one of the most vital ingredients to great rum, and South Louisiana produces some of the most outstanding in the world. For Andrew Lohfeld and Patrick Hernandez, co-founders of Roulaison Distilling, it cemented their plans to move to New Orleans.
•One of the draws besides New Orleans vibrant cocktail community is that you can get the best molasses here,” Lohfeld says.
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More and more New Orleans homebuyers are looking for houses that offer “green features,” accounting for climate change and the city™s heat and humidity. Green homes can be not only more resilient to hurricanes and better for our environment, but also, as Green Coast Realty’s (GCR) Managing Broker Ariana Tipper points out, will save you money. more…